Thursday, December 27, 2012

If, like me, you’ve lost count of the number of times you’ve set out to read the Bible through in a year, you should know that I’m on track to finish the entire thing (New Testament & Psalms twice, rest of the Old Testament once) by Monday, December 31. This is not a cause for bragging (see “lost count” above) but to recommend the one thing that made the definite difference: a plan.

There is today a famine of hearing the Word of God, of not knowing what He has said (cf. Amos 8:11). Make it your goal next year and get a plan.

If you’ve read Radical by David Platt, you know that he recommends getting a plan. He doesn’t recommend any one over another. If you do a Google (or Yahoo or Bing or whatever) search for “bible reading plan,” you get a bazillion links, many of them redundant. Making a choice among them can be bewildering.

So here’s the deal: Justin Taylor of the Gospel Coalition has digested a big batch of the best-known plans, and summarized each one. You can find a plan that matches your preferences and the amount of time you have. The plan I used this year was just a list of references, which meant I could use whatever translation I prefer. Pick any one of them — I don’t care which. But get a plan.

Labels

About Me

In addition to my day job, I write novels. My first novel, Unthinkable, was released in February, 2011, and my second, Seen Sean?, was released in February 2012. The general home for my writing is Jim Crigler Books.